Very interesting. I didn’t know they notify the winners and make the official announcement right after the winner is selected. But thinking about it it makes perfect sense as it completely eliminates leaks, plus if there ever was one the amount of people who knew is well known.
> During a second September meeting, this group takes a vote on whether it supports the suggestion from the committee.<p>What happens if they do not support it?
Unpopular opinion: Perhaps more nuanced expedients than a winner-take-all, pecking-order-setting reputation prize should be used to incentivize advancement in the sciences?
I realize Alfred Nobel most likely never set out to be the be-all end-all kingmaker of the sciences, but it seems that scientists themselves, like every other band of humans, have demanded a king to worship. The Nobel committee simply fills the social purpose of providing one.